Designation of Certain Posts for Special Fee Payment Procedures, It includes India, Looks like need

[ra7]

Hi Guys,
         I saw this @immigration-law.com. I am not sure how it effects the CP process in india. Checkout the following link.
http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/getdoc.cgi?dbname=2001_register&docid=01-30136-filed

[Federal Register: December 5, 2001 (Volume 66, Number 234)]
[Notices]
[Page 63278-63279]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
[DOCID:fr05de01-126]

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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

Bureau of Consular Affairs

[Public Notice 3850]

 
Designation of Certain Posts for Special Fee Payment Procedures

    This public notice adds additional posts, located in India and
Vietnam, to those already designated by the Deputy Assistant Secretary
for Visa Services for two purposes related to the payment of immigrant
visa fees. The first purpose relates to the revised procedure for
payment of the fee for the processing of the application for an
immigrant visa set forth in the Federal Register on September 8, 2000,
(65 FR 54598). The effective date of that notice was stayed until
January 1, 2001 by a public notice in the Federal Register of December
14, 2000, (65 FR 78243).
    The second purpose is to identify the posts for which a fee
pursuant to Item 61 of the Schedule of Fees for Consular Services (22
CFR 22.1) will be assessed for advance review of and assistance with
the Affidavit of Support that is required in certain immigrant visa
cases. Notice of this fee requirement was added to the visa regulation
pertaining to the Affidavit of Support requirement in 22 CFR 40.41(b),
and was effective January 1, 2001.
    The Department will publish further public notices as additional
designations are made.
    The Deputy Assistant Secretary for Visa Services has designated the
Foreign Service posts in the following cities for participation in the
new immigrant visa application processing fee payment system and the
fee for review of and assistance with the Affidavit of Support required
under section 213A of the Immigration and Nationality Act. The
effective date of this notice is October 1, 2001.

Abidjan, Cote D\'Ivoire
Accra, Ghana
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Algiers, Algeria
Antananarivo, Madagascar
Bogota, Colombia
Cairo, Egypt
Chennai, India
Casablanca, Morocco
Ciudad Juarez, Mexico
Cotonou, Benin
Dakar, Senegal
Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania
Djibouti, Djibouti
Freetown, Sierra Leone
Georgetown, Guyana
Guangzhou, China
Harare, Zimbabwe
Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
Johannesburg, South Africa
Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo
Lagos, Nigeria
Libreville, Gabon
Lilongwe, Malawi
Lome, Togo
Lusaka, Zambia
Manila, Philippines
Monrovia, Liberia
Montreal, Canada
Mumbai, India
Nairobi, Kenya
New Delhi, India

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Niamey, Niger
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso
Port-au-Prince, Haiti
Praia, Cape Verde Islands
Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
Tirana, Albania
Tunis, Tunisia
Yaounde, Cameroon

    Dated: November 26, 2001.
Wayne G. Griffith,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Visa Services, U.S. Department of State.
[FR Doc. 01-30136 Filed 12-4-01; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4710-06-P

 

[Joe Din]

its not very clear what it means..except that I-824 may be reviewed by NVC

like some other countries(i guess).but the first part about the IV fees is not clear.can anybody clarify this info...

 

[gcDrone]

Long Term Impact: more delays, but advanced processing.

For now, it has no impact on employment based applications. However, in the future...

The general idea is to internalize some aspects of consular processing in NVC: validation and verification of documents, application review and processing, generation of visa numbers, etc.

Firstly, NVC will serve as a central facility for tasks that are common across various posts. Secondly, all applications will be subject to a uniform review. This is just another step to insure consistency in consular processing.

As you may know, some consulates are designated as \'Alpha\' consulates, where NVC does most of the work. Montreal is one such pilot post. Eventually, most consular posts will become like Montreal.

What does it mean for applicants? More work at NVC means more processing time, resulting in potential backlogs. On the other hand, interviews at consular posts will be non-events.